Overview

• Russian state TV host Vladimir Solovyov said on air that Russia could be on the Champs-Élysées, a menacing remark widely reported but not an official Kremlin position.
• Emmanuel Macron, in an LCI interview, called Vladimir Putin “a predator and an ogre at our doorstep,” escalating sharp public rhetoric between France and Russia.
• Overnight strikes in Kyiv hit buildings linked to the British Council and the EU delegation, with reports saying 15 people were killed, including four children.
• The UK prime minister condemned the attack as senseless and accused Putin of killing children and civilians, while Macron labeled the strikes “terror and barbarism.”
• France, the UK and Estonia have discussed contributing troops for a potential postwar peacekeeping role in Ukraine as part of wider security guarantees, a concept Russia has publicly rejected.